Тэсс из рода д’Эрбервиллей

Chapter 37

           Buttheexhaustionofhismindandbodywassuchthatheremainedundisturbed.

           AssoonastheymetthenextmorningTessdivinedthatAngelknewlittleornothingofhowfarshehadbeenconcernedinthenight’sexcursion,though,asregardedhimself,hemayhavebeenawarethathehadnotlainstill.Intruth,hehadawakenedthatmorningfromasleepdeepasannihilation;andduringthosefirstfewmomentsinwhichthebrain,likeaSamsonshakinghimself,istryingitsstrength,hehadsomedimnotionofanunusualnocturnalproceeding.Buttherealitiesofhissituationsoondisplacedconjectureontheothersubject.

           Hewaitedinexpectancytodiscernsomementalpointing;heknewthatifanyintentionofhis,concludedover-night,didnotvanishinthelightofmorning,itstoodonabasisapproximatingtooneofpurereason,evenifinitiatedbyimpulseoffeeling;thatitwassofar,therefore,tobetrusted.Hethusbeheldinthepalemorninglighttheresolvetoseparatefromher;notasahotandindignantinstinct,butdenudedofthepassionatenesswhichhadmadeitscorchandburn;standinginitsbones;nothingbutaskeleton,butnonethelessthere.Clarenolongerhesitated.

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